We have uploaded a book by blessed and worshipful Gurudev Sri Swami
Sivanandaji Maharaj. The title of the book is "Light, Power and Wisdom".
This small book is a boon. It is your pocket Guru, handy friend,
invigorating tonic and soft goad. The flaming words of Sage Sivananda
are stored in this unique treasure-trove for you to take the fullest
advantage of. Every word is directly addressed to you. Every page is
filled with Divine Light, Power and Wisdom. The spiritual aspirant will
find that this handy volume is more indispensable to him than his
eye-sight; walking the path to the great Goal, through the darkness that
is Samsara he needs Light to overcome the obstacles on the Path; to
sustain his continuous vigilance, to resist temptations and to march
vigorously forward, he needs Power; to save him from error, to keep the
flame of discrimination burning bright, and to enable him to realise his
own essential nature, he needs Wisdom. They are found in this volume.
This book can be downloaded from our free books page at:http://www.SivanandaDlshq.org/download/download.htm

Yours in the service of Gurudev,

Pannir

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A LESSON IN VEDANTA: The Master was going through a manuscript. Suddenly
he turned to Swami Lalitananda, an American disciple.

"Can you doubt the doubter?" he asked her.

"Yes... Swamiji," she replied hesitatingly.

"You have failed. Now the next question. I will see whether you get pass
marks now. They say that everything is an illusion, that this whole
world is unreal, a mere illusion. If everything is an illusion, Brahman
also is an illusion. How can you say that Brahman alone is real? Is this
correct?"

"Brahman is beyond illusion," Lalitananda replied.

"No, that is not the correct answer. There must be a substratum for an
illusory snake. That substratum is the rope. So the rope cannot be an
illusion. So also, Brahman is the substratum for this illusory world.
The world alone is an illusion and not the substratum, Brahman. Brahman
is real. Moreover, the one who denies everything else as an illusion
cannot himself be denied; he exists. Therefore, Brahman is real and this
world is unreal. It is superimposed on Brahman. Understood, Swami
Lalitanandaji?"

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"Spiritual life is not an idle talk. It is actual living in the Atman.
It is a transcendental experience of unalloyed bliss. It is a life of
fullness and perfection." - Swami Sivananda

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